The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-27
DAKOTA'S SHOWING.

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The returns from the late voting il
Dakota on the question of division indi
cate that the people of the Territory ar;
learning wisdom. The majority fol-
division was only about 600. in tota
vote OF 70 900. Heretofore the disagree
ment on the proposition has been sc
wide as to suggest the impossibility oil
an agreement, the southern part of the
Territory being almost unanimous II
favor of division, the more
sparsely settled northern counties stand
ing soiidly for a union. The result OF
the local quarrel has been to delay
the admission of the Terri
tory, the opponents of State
hood making the disagreement
of the people an excuse for fighting ad-
mission. Having come to a practical
agreement among themselves, the Da-
kotans may now go to Congress as a
united community demanding their
rights, and with reasonable hope that
their request may be granted.
1t does not seem probable that Con-
gress will longer object to the admission
of Dakota to the Union. To do so will
be gross act OF injustice and an arbi-
trary exercise of authority. The vote
indicates that the population of the
Territory is fully 500 900, though more
are claimed, and upon what pre-
text can these half million peo-
pie be longer denied citizenship.
and the rights and privileges of local
self-government2 At the last Presi-
DENTAL election there were seven States.
neither one of which cast ss MANY votes
as were polled in Dakota thesother day,
and two other States were but little
ahead of her in this respect. These
States have combined representation
in Congress of 37-1S Senators and 10
Representatives or nearly six per cent.
OF the lower branch, and "A per cent. of
the upper house, or more than 9 pc T
cent. of the total legislative voice of the
nation. These States. with their Con
gressional representation and votes in
round numbers, are as follows: Nevada.
3 members of Congress, and IL 600 votes
Delaware, 3 and 10000; Rhode Island,
4 and $1,000; Oregon, 8 and
81 900; Vermont, and $1,000; Florida,
4 and 60,0O0; Colorado, and 5000;
New Hampshire, and $1,000: and
South Carolina, 8 and $1,000.
By what line of reasoning can the
community which casts TO-
600 legal votes be excluded from the |
rights and privileges of citizenship, and |
the communities which vote from that |
number all the way down to 1900 not
only ENJOY all these rights, benefits and
privileges, but also make laws for the
government of the people of Dakota
The justice in this order of things can
not be made to appear. The Congress
man who will oppose the admission to
he Union OF our sister dependency in
The light of the showing that the Terri
,ory can make, must be q demagogue.
md heartless one at that, with no sense
If political justice in his composition,
This is a matter in which partisan
politics has no place, and its introduc-
ion will show tbs narrow mind. The
Democrat who would deny Statehood
o the people of Dakota because the
majority of them are Republican in
,olitics has too narrow a conception of
'olitical rights TO be good citizen of
he republic. He would be a tyrant if
le had the power, and bend all to his
Fill.
There is good reason to hope for the
Of Dakota this winter. 1t
Vill be q shameful outrage to longer
lold her in bondage.